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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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Y.-Same section; west face.
TEXT. 1 Sor=pugu Tondai-kka. 2 ni-pugu tu-madipon muga3 ha! porpuga verpu=p4 pagudi kanday Pugali-ppo5 radar kar=puga vir-puga kag 6 . van [Kaļvāra]kaļvan-Rañ. 7 [jai na]r-pugalālan-p8 . . . . . . . . .
TRANSLATION. He of good fame of Tañjai (i.e. Tanjore), the Kalvarakaļvan . . .hy the darting of his arrows . . . . . caused to wither the beauty of her whose face resembles the pure white moon (and whose mouth) the praiseworthy (i.e. celebrated) tondai fruit, and who pierced with arrows those who fought at Pugali, so that they entered stones (i... became utrakals).
G.--Same section; east face
TEXT. 1 Sott-ipar pun-dan-polir. 2 Chembonmāriekkadi-arana3 m-müttiņa birram mun sepra4 du pinbu pagatt-inattor ke5 . Māran ka[di]-naga 6 . . . . . . . . !irra . 7 . . . . . . . . . . .
TRANSLATION The (fire of his) anger, which was kindled by the cool forests of protection (abounding in) handsome clusters of flowers reared (in front of) Sembonmári, went in advance and later . . . . . the troops of male elephants . . .. Māran . . . fortified towns
H.-Same section; south face.
TEXT. Ipanaiyai-ppagadu kādā2 yaşra Pallavan vel. 5 la-Ttennan mugaiyai-k4 ke[da]-chcheppa-Māran magili5 valar pili unda-chchanaiya6 chchunai mapi=ppārai a[p]7 pārai sollen vilai[n]8 [da] vigaiyai pāpāralu vi[rik]ki
